Motivated by the new AP poll this morning showing his approval rating down to 37%?
Via Washington Examiner:
So much for not negotiating.
President Obama will meet with a group of House Republicans on Thursday to discuss a possible deal that would both reopen the government and ensure that the nation’s rapidly approaching borrowing limit is extended on time.
Obama sent the invitation a day after calling House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and telling him he’ll negotiate only after the GOP agrees to fund the federal government with a no-strings-attached measure. Obama also offered to raise the debt ceilingtemporarily to give negotiators more time to talk, but Boehner rejected the proposal, calling it “unconditional surrender.”
The sit-downs appear to signal that Obama recognizes that both sides will have to make concessions despite his earlier declarations that he won’t negotiate and increase in the debt ceiling. For Republicans, the meeting will at least allow them to talk directly to Obama about conditions for a deal.